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THE GOOGLE WILLOW THING

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Google's Quantum group's "Willow" is a 105-qubit superconducting chip that showcases advancements in error correction and a new quantum supremacy experiment. The chip demonstrates increased coherence times and gate fidelity, marking a significant milestone in quantum fault-tolerance. Despite its achievements, challenges remain in reaching fully fault-tolerant quantum operations, and verification of results continues to be complex.